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Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2012 Poteau High School Sports Hall of Fame.Categories include: football, boys and girls basketball, baseball, fast-pitch and slow-pitch softball, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls track, boys and girls golf, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls all-around athlete, wrestling, coaching and support and service.The deadline to submit nominations is March 30. For additional information or to submit a nomination, call (918) 839-0394.— — —Girls are needed to play for an age 12-and-younger softball team in the Green Country Softball League. Games will take place at the Poteau Area Recreational Complex.The team will practice in Cameron. For additional information or to register, call Mike House at (918) 658-5510.— — —The Poteau Lady Pirates softball program will have an age 6-7 coach-pitch league beginning in May and end its season in June.Players must have been age 7 by Jan. 1, 2012, or must turn age 6 by Jan. 1, 2013.The entry fee is $150 per team, and the league is open to six teams.For additional information, call Kathy Nye at (918) 649-4326 or email to rnye@live.com.— — —The Oklahoma State University Spring Break Baseball Camp will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 20 at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium in Stillwater.Check-in will begin at 8:30 a.m. that morning.At 6:30 p.m. that night, the Cowboys will play Central Arkansas at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.Entry fee is $100. Walk-ins are welcome, but entry fee for them will be $125.The camp is open to boys in grades two through 12.For additional information, call (405) 744-3229 or email to cole.gordo@gmail.com.— — —A fifth-sixth and seventh-eighth grade boys and girls youth basketball tournament will take place March 31 in Sallisaw.There will be a three-game guarantee and the cost will be $125.To enter or for further information, call (918)776-0234.— — —The Boys and Girls Club of McAlester will put on a competitive baseball and softball league.It is believed sports encourages a healthy lifestyle in our youth, which is a rising concern to many.Sports also promotes high self esteem in children that will benefit them in many aspects.For additional information, call the Boys and Girls Club of McAlester Athletic Department at (918) 426-5144.— — —The Satchel Paige All-Stars Travel Baseball Team is looking for youth baseball players ages 13-14, 15-16 and 17-18 years old that would like to be a part of our 2012 Summer Travel Baseball Team that will include trips to Cincinnati, Omaha, Neb., Springfield, Mo., Orlando, Fla., and Puerto Rico.All interested players should contact Coach Mike Mayden for registration information at (773) 744-1040 or email to www.whsn.org.— — —There will be a Tradaitional Championship Wrestling card coming to Fort Smith. It will take place at 7 p.m. April 7 at the Fort Smith Convention Center.General admission tickets cots $10. Second and third row VIP seats cost $20, which will include a meet-and-greet session from 5 to 6 p.m. that night.Front row VIP seats cost $30, which also will include a meet-and-greet session from 5 to 6 p.m.Pictures may be taken with wrestler Mickie James at the ring at 6 p.m. For $10, 10 photrographs may be taken.Tickets may be purchased by calling (479) 880-7371.